dd if=name-of-the.iso of=/dev/<your-usb> note: fdisk -l will return something such as /dev/sdb1 for your usb stick, however in the dd command above (the very last one) do NOT include the digit 1. just use /dev/sdb (for example)

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well that really would depend on your knowledge of linux. you could just do a fresh reformat and install or you could upgrade everything. what ive been doing personally throughout the development of 7.1 (which i also do on all my slackware boxes) is keeping a seperate partition for /home which keeps all my reg user configs so there is no need to go through and customize xfce to my liking all over again, and then before i do a install of a new version i just copy any pertinant config files and so forth (my sshd.conf my ftp servers conf and so forth) from wherever they may be to my /home. that way when i reinstall i DO NOT format my /home partition and i can get my system back up with minimal fuss.

well that really would depend on your knowledge of linux. you could just do a fresh reformat and install or you could upgrade everything. what ive been doing personally throughout the development of 7.1 (which i also do on all my slackware boxes) is keeping a seperate partition for /home which keeps all my reg user configs so there is no need to go through and customize xfce to my liking all over again, and then before i do a install of a new version i just copy any pertinant config files and so forth (my sshd.conf my ftp servers conf and so forth) from wherever they may be to my /home. that way when i reinstall i DO NOT format my /home partition and i can get my system back up with minimal fuss.

WELL when it comes to slackware... I know nothing.. Starting to dabble in it now I wanted something abit harder than the buntus / debianSo I wouldnt know how to upgrade from a RC to a full stock ready system.

Welcome to Vector. I have been with it more or less since 5.8 or earlier. In reading your posts, I suspect you will like it quite a lot. Simply put, its more fun (and more work at first, as you are finding out).

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Tried 3 times to install VL just wouldnt budge

I had trouble getting 7.1 RC1 to load via a unebootin-creaded usb stick, so I headed down to Best Buy, bought some CDs, burned the iso to one of them and it loaded fine from the CD. I would try that before giving up and also, as you are not familiar with VL, I suspect your hunch to go with 7.0 is what you should go with.. Switching to final VL 7.1 when it finally arrives will be a pain, but, as you probably already know and in any event which has been noted, if you partition into 3 (swap, root and home) and don''t reformat /home, you won't have to reload your data and if, as also mentioned, you copy your config files, you can probably save some additional hassle.

Welcome to Vector. I have been with it more or less since 5.8 or earlier. In reading your posts, I suspect you will like it quite a lot. Simply put, its more fun (and more work at first, as you are finding out).

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Tried 3 times to install VL just wouldnt budge

I had trouble getting 7.1 RC1 to load via a unebootin-creaded usb stick, so I headed down to Best Buy, bought some CDs, burned the iso to one of them and it loaded fine from the CD. I would try that before giving up and also, as you are not familiar with VL, I suspect your hunch to go with 7.0 is what you should go with.. Switching to final VL 7.1 when it finally arrives will be a pain, but, as you probably already know and in any event which has been noted, if you partition into 3 (swap, root and home) and don''t reformat /home, you won't have to reload your data and if, as also mentioned, you copy your config files, you can probably save some additional hassle.

There will be more programs in the repositories for 7.0.

Good luck!

John

Thank you! Cant wait to get my hands in VL if I can ever get it to install lol.

What if I dont have a CD rom, the friend kinda built it real fast just has a dummy dead CD ROM in it heh.

If you really would like to try Vector linux then the first step is understanding your hardware. if you have a fairly new computer it likely employs uefi. or secure boot options. If you installed linux mint to the hard disk then the procedure may be similar. If you dual booted with windows then the procedure may be differant again. perhaps you have a second hd or need to disable secure boot. If the computer is five or six years old then you have a better chance of installing with a few mouse clicks. even ubuntu is not immune to the kleenex boxs that look so great on the table but are full of disposable fluff. Perhaps you are well versed and have discussed this in other threads. just a thought in passing. Best of luckCheers

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wigums

the whole unetbootin thing baffles me. i know there are people who can get it to work, however i have never once gotten a bootable usb stick out of it with ANY distro. and it sure wasnt for lack of trying when i finally gave up.

with that being said the official supported method for creating a usb stick from inside linux is the above process. i wrote a how-to on our bitbucket not long ago but i cant find it atm. if anyone with more luck with unetbootin than me would like to do a how-to please feel free. actually we could use a how-to for making a bootable stick from inside windows too but i havent run windows in roughly 10 years so again thats outside of my knowledge